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SS/SCS/HB 1711 - This act modifies provisions relating to political subdivisions. SECTION 44.090 This section allows the executive officer of any public safety agency to enter into a mutual-aid agreement for reciprocal emergency aid and specifies that the Department of Public Safety shall administer the state mutual-aid system. Any employee of a political subdivision or public safety agency responding to an emergency, disaster, or public safety need that is not declared by the Governor as an emergency is subject to the liability and workers' compensation provisions provided to him or her as an employee of the subdivision or agency. However, during a Governor-declared emergency, any employee responding shall not be liable for civil damages or administrative sanctions for any failure to exercise the skill and learning of an ordinarily careful public safety professional in similar circumstances, but shall be liable for damages due to willful acts or omissions in rendering such services. This section is identical to HB 2324 (2008). SECTION 48.030 This section allows a county, after meeting the required assessed valuation, to become a second class county upon a vote of the governing body to change classifications. Currently, a county can only change classifications by a vote of the governing body if it is becoming a first class county; otherwise, the county must be at the required assessed valuation for five years before changing classifications. The effective date of the change in classification shall be at the beginning of the county fiscal year following the election by the governing body. This section is identical to HCS/SB 820 (2008) & HB 1995 (2008). SECTION 67.585 This section authorizes Jefferson County, upon voter approval, to impose by order or resolution a retail sales tax of up to .5% for funding the public health and safety projects and programs of the county public health center. The tax may only be imposed in conjunction with a property tax reduction for each year in which the sales tax is imposed. The sales tax revenue must be deposited into the newly created County Public Health Center Improvement Sales Tax Fund to be used solely for the specified purposes, except that 1% will be deposited into the general revenue fund for the cost of collection. This section is identical to HB 2480 (2008). SECTION 71.1000 This section allows a municipality to annex a research park, provided the municipality obtains written consent from all of the property owners located within the research park area. Both the municipality and county shall adopt reciprocal ordinances authorizing the annexation of such parcel by the municipality. SECTION 72.080 This act repeals the provisions in Section 72.080, RSMo, which allow villages to incorporate in an alternative way rather than requiring a petition by two-thirds of the taxable inhabitants that is approved by the county commission, as is required by Section 80.020, RSMo. Under the language being repealed, a city, town, or village may incorporate after a number equal to 15% of the registered voters petitions the county commission. The commission must submit the question to the voters for their approval. In order to qualify for incorporation a village need only have the ability to furnish normal municipal services if it has at least 100 inhabitants. The language creating a definition of "village" in Section 72.080, RSMo, is also repealed. This section contains an emergency clause and a severability clause. This section is identical to SCS/SB 765 (2008). SECTION 94.900 This section authorizes the City of Harrisonville to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of up to 0.5% for the operation of public safety departments including expenditures on equipment, city employee salaries and benefits, police facilities, and fire and emergency medical providers. This section is identical to HB 1867 (2008). SECTION 94.902 This section authorizes the City of Raytown to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of up to 0.5% for the operation of public safety departments including expenditures on equipment, city employee salaries and benefits, police facilities, and fire and emergency medical providers. SECTION 96.160 Currently, an ordinance providing for a larger board of trustees for municipal health care facilities requires that three-fifths of the trustees be citizens of the city. This section specifies that some or all of the trustees do not have to be citizens of the city. This section is identical to HB 1386 (2008). SECTION 137.1040 This section allows the governing body of a city, town, village or county to submit a proposal to the voters of such city, town village or county allowing the municipality to impose a property tax to fund cemetery maintenance. The tax authorized under this act shall not exceed one fourth of one cent per one hundred dollars assessed valuation and shall not become effective until approved by the voters of the city, town village or county. This section is identical to SB 822 (2008). SECTION 190.056 Under this act, each member of an ambulance district board of directors shall be subject to recall from office by the registered voters of the election district from which he or she was elected. Proceedings for the recall are commenced by the filing of a notice of intention to circulate a recall petition. The notice must be served personally, or by certified mail, on the board member and filed with the election authority. A separate notice is needed for each member sought to be recalled and must contain information explaining the reason for the recall. It must list at least one but not more than five proponents of the recall. Within seven days, the board member may file a statement answering the statement of the proponents. The answer must be served on at least one proponent. The statement and answer are for the voters' informational purposes only. A member cannot be recalled if he or she: 1) has not held office during the current term for more than 180 days; 2) has 180 days or less remaining on his or her current term; or 3) has had a recall election determined in his or her favor within the current term. The person circulating the petition must sign an affidavit verifying certain information. A recall petition must be filed with the election authority not more than 180 days after the filing of the notice of intention. The number of signatures needed shall equal at least 25% of the number of voters who voted in the most recent gubernatorial election in the election district. The election authority has twenty days from the date of filing the petition to determine if enough voters signed the petition. It must file a certificate showing whether there are enough signatures. If the election authority certifies the petition does not have enough signatures, it may be supplemented within ten days of the date of certificate. The election authority must then certify the supplemented petition. If it is insufficient, no further action shall be taken. If the petition is sufficient, the election authority shall submit its certificate to the board of directors and order an election within a certain amount of time. Nominations for board membership openings shall be made by filing a statement of candidacy with the election authority. Any time prior to forty-two days before the election, the member sought to be recalled may offer his or her resignation and the recall question shall be removed from the ballot and the office declared vacant. This section is identical to SB 978 (2008). SECTION 190.094 Under current law, each ground ambulance is required to be staffed with at least two licensed individuals when transporting a patient, except for certain counties which are allowed to have only one licensed emergency medical technician, registered nurse or physician in attendance. This act amends current law to allow this exception for any ambulance licensed in the state staffed with volunteers. A volunteer is defined as an individual who performs hours of service without promise, expectation or receipt of compensation for services rendered, except for a nominal stipend per call to compensate for fuel, uniforms, and training. This section is identical to SCS/SB 1044 (2008). SECTION 190.335 This act requires the county commission of Christian County, upon voter approval of a county sales tax for central dispatching of emergency services, to appoint a seven-member board to administer the funds and oversee the provision of emergency services. The board shall include the head of any of the county's fire protection or ambulance districts, the county sheriff, the head of any police departments in the county, and the head of the county's emergency management organizations. This section is identical to SCS/SB 1039 (2008). SECTIONS 190.450 & 190.451 Upon voter approval, the governing body of any charter county or county of the first classification may impose a fee of up to seventy-five cents on every wireless number from any wireless device capable of accessing the county 911 system. The revenue will be used only by the police department to fund the wireless enhanced 911 system. SECTION 231.444 This section allows, upon voter approval, any county of the third classification without a township form of government with a population of less than 6,000 inhabitants to impose a tax of up to one dollar per acre on agricultural and horticultural property. The proceeds shall be used to purchase road rock for county roads. Currently, only certain counties of the third classification without a township form of government may impose such a tax of up to 25 cents per acre. This section is identical to certain provisions of SCS/HB 2047 (2008). SECTION 321.015 Under this act, a person holding state office or employment is not prohibited from holding the office of fire protection district director. SECTION 321.200 This act authorizes fire protection district boards to delegate certain powers and responsibilities to the fire chief and to rescind that delegation upon a majority vote of the board. The powers and responsibilities that may be delegated include the power to enter into contracts, hire personnel, purchase, maintain, receive, and dispose of real and personal property, and manage, control, and supervise all the business and affairs of the district. This section is identical to HB 2245 (2008). SECTION 321.227 This section authorizes a sales tax of up to 1%, upon voter approval, by the governing body of a fire protection district providing emergency ambulance service that is located in St. Louis or St. Charles County if such district provides services to property located in such counties that uses programs or redistributes or abates property under Chapters 99, 100, 135 or 353, RSMo. SUSAN HENDERSON MOORE SA1 - Increases the amount of compensation that the treasurer of the City of St. Louis may receive and modifies provisions relating to the St. Louis City public administrator |